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Do you know of Brooklin ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Brooklin. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Brooklin.<1>

Our sources for Brooklin (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Brooklin other than they indicate that Brooklin would be found somewhere in Raleigh County, West Virginia.

Communities Also Named Brooklin ...

We found four communities that share the name Brooklin.

There is one other community in West Virginia which is also named Brooklin.

Beyond West Virginia, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In West Virginia ...
    • Summers County
      • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Brooklin [Summers County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Maine
      • Hancock County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Brooklin [Hancock County].
    • Ontario
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Brooklin.
    • Tennessee
      • Davidson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Brooklin [Davidson County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Brooklin ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Brooklin:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Brooklin - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in  Raleigh County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Raleigh County.

Amigo MineLoop Junction
Atkinsville 
 MacAlpin
Blue Jay JunctionMarsh Fork Junction
Bone LickMarshes
Bowyer Creek JunctionMasseysville
BrysonMayville
BurmaMunition
  
CallawayNed
Cannelton Mine JunctionNesco
CitieNeville
CleveNew
Coalgate 
Collins JunctionOley
CollinsOtis
  
Drews CreekPeachtree
 Penman
East GulfPhillips
Eccles JunctionPicard
  
Flat Top LakeRichman Falls
FlatsRowland
ForestRoxie
Francis 
 Semoco
Glen Daniel JunctionSink
Glen JunctionSoak Creek
GlomeraSunflower
GulfSutphin
  
HamptonTablerock
HarveyTam
HeclaTrico
HotcoalTruax
Hunter 
 Viacova
JapVista
Jawood 
JonancyWest Beckley
 West Raleigh
LaunaWigul
LawsonWillabet
Lick Run JunctionWoodbay

Footnotes ...

<1>This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.









 

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